Railway-tie.



H, H. RANJE. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1908.

I Patented Dec.8,1908.

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HUGH H. RANJE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed August 31, 1908. Serial No. 451,075.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH H. RANJE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Itailway-Tles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to produce an inexpensive,efficient and easily constructed railway tie, as will be hereinaftermore particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure1 is a View illustrating a railway tie embodying my said invention withrailway rails secured thereon, the concrete, however, which forms thebody of the tie being broken away for half its length and its positionbeing indicated by means of dotted lines; Fig. 2 a top or plan view ofthe structure shown in Fig. 1, the rail however being removed at thatend where the concrete is absent; Fig. 3 a detail sectional view, on anenlarged scale, illustrating the construction of the metal skeletonportion of the tie more plainly, the section being taken at the pointindicated by the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 4 and Fig. 4 a transversesectional viewat the point indicated by dotted line 4 4 in Fig. 3.

My improved tie consists of a skeleton composed of a longitudinal lowermember 21 and an upper cross-shaped rail bearing member 22 thetwobeingconnected bystruts23 and 24the latter being preferably anupturned end of the member 21,and also by other struts 25 supporting theends of the arms of the cross, said struts 25 being preferably embodiedin a U-shaped structure as best shown in Fig. 4. These parts are firmlyunited by suitable bolts or rivets as shown. After this skeletontie isprepared, the same is placed in a suitable mold, and the body ofconcrete 31 is filled in around it, leaving only the cross-shaped plates22, which form rail seats, exposed. Previously to placing the skeletontie in the mold, the bolts 41 are placed therein; and, when the ties areput in position the rails 42 are placed on the metal rail-bearers 22,and are there secured by means of clam s 43 with which the bolts 41engage, said 0 amps being drawn down tightly on to the flan es of therails by means of nuts 44. These 0 amps are held securely in place andfrom turning by means of projections 45 which engage with correspondingopenings 46 in the rail-bearers 22.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a railway tie, of a metal skeleton composed of amain longitudinal member, rail-bearers, and struts connecting said mainlongitudinal member and said rail bearers, a body of concrete withinwhich said skeleton is embedded, bolts engaging with said skeleton andprojecting upwardly through the rail bearers, and clamps for securingthe rail to the tie with which said bolts will engage.

2. The combination, in a railway tie, of a metal skeleton composed of amain longitudinal member, cross shaped rail bearers, struts connectingsaid main longitudinal member and said rail bearers and supporting thefour extremities of the latter, a body of concrete within which saidskeleton is embedded, bolts engaging with said skeleton and projectingupwardly through the rail bearers, and clamps for securin the rail tothe tie with which said bolts wil engage.

3. The combination, in a railway tie, of a metal skeleton composed of amain longitudinal member, cross shaped rail bearers, struts connectingsaid main longitudinal member and said rail bearers and supporting thefour extremities of the latter, a body of concrete within which saidskeleton is embedded, and means whereby the rails are firmly securedupon said rail-bearers.

4. The combination, in a railway tie, of a metal skeleton com osed of amain longitudinal member, railcarers, struts connecting said mainlongitudinal member and said rail bearers and su porting the latter, abody of concrete witlim which said skeleton is embedded, and meanswhereby the rails are firmly secured upon said rail-bearers, said meansand said rail bearers having interengaging surfaces.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this twenty-eighth day of August, A. D. onethousand nine hundred and eight.

HUGH H. RANJ'E.

